Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. But, if you set your Portal Fences to -> View->List that is what you get, this is the same layout if you set the view->List in your Windows Explorer. If you wish to have a scroll on the right vertically, please select View->Details. Something below. If you wish not to see those other columns, you could disable it by right click on the column bar and un-tick each of it.

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Sorry, but I replied to your question in less than an hour from your last post. Please note my post date and time.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

And resultant view.. 

The big advantage (apart from simplicity.. is that the scroll wheel allows me easily slide down to entries lower in the sort order..

My trial has ended (several days ago) before I could finish my testing... as expected... so be it.

Unfortunately I could not post this before it expired because this forum was not available.

I keep getting the following message... despite having connectivity to all other web sites and I have a 1 Gb fibre connection.

I tried on multiple times on multiple occasions...

Anyway...

The following are the findings of my evaluation.

I figured out items 4,5 and 6.

I may consider purchasing a licence depending on the answers to points 1, 2 and 3.

I am happy to (and used to) reading the manual. So happy if you explain here or send me the urls for relevant documentation.

Regards...

Thanks for the quick reply.

1. Glad to see the Fence Title font is configurable. That is useful.

Have not found details on how to configure font for the actual listed contents. 

2. I see no reference in the documentation to  controlling visibility of hidden or system folders.  Maybe covered in the next point, but not keen to configure this per Fence.

3. Rules Per Folder.

I see reference to the Rules per folder in the documentation… but 

a. It is not intuitive for me to set rules ( eg hide system files, only show jpgs, exclude xmp files). I tried previously… while trial was active…

b. The documentation does not provide any worked example.

Regards. 

And again.. thanks for the quick reply.

No pressure from me on time.

I live in Dublin Ireland… where it is now close to 11pm. I am also conscious it is the start of a weekend.

This stuff is not mission critical. I am spending time on it as I can see potential.

I am an expert at dealing with enterprise level datasets and efficient workflows and apply these norms to my personal use of phones, tablets, pcs, etc. Win 11 is a serious disappointment… I am trying to make it usable.

There are two features which are important to me.

A. My main data drive is a very fast Nvme thunderbolt external drive. This is plugged into my main workstation most of the time, but travels with me and is used with a MacAir when travelling.

Mac Os puts lots of hidden folders and files on a disk, which are hidden from most users, but appear when viewed on a Windows machine. Even worse… Mac does not delete most files but renames them in a way that the MacOS ignores them. Again, they are visible and a nuisance in Windows.

So, it is vip that I can hide these system / hidden files… I will post an example tomorrow. 

B. I expected the Fences Folder Portal to have the ability to optionally filter ( via user choices) the content.  A simple example is that I may only want to see jpgs in a folder.. ie. I will use other tools to fully explore a folder but on my desktop I want to use it to zone in on what is vip to me.  So, I am proficient in the use of Directory Opus, which is extremely configurable and powerful. However, like Explorer… it takes up a lot of screen real estate to use properly.

Regards.

Correct me if I am wrong. But isn't a traditional Fence more or less a manipulation of desktop icons and thus adheres to desktop icon rules and settings. Whereas a Fence portal is more an extension to the file explorer and adheres to the rules and settings listed in file explorer? For example hidden files in a fence portal are only seen if they are also shown in the file explorer settings.

Yes. This is what I was trying to convey, but you have described it much better. Thank you.

pelaird

Not sure about credit for moving to perpetual license, but do know that the release version of Fences 6 is due out any day now.

pelaird

The trial you were running is a Beta version. The actual release version is what will be available in the next few days.

There are no discounts for Fences permanent licenses at this time. Definitely put some thought into what you want ahead of time; if permanent licenses are important to you then that is probably where you should go. Just understand that Fences is averaging a new release every 1 - 2 years right now.